Calm your Skin

A number of clients with oily skin ask me how to calm their skin as the excess oil irritates them. Especially when applying makeup. Here are quick steps to doing so:

- Use a primer before applying your makeup to mattify your skin.

- Apply pressed powder after applying makeup to re-mattify the skin especially if you’ve used any cream based products.

- Wash your face just once or twice a day. Extra washing will lead to excess oil secretion.

- Moisturize your skin using non-comedogenic substances. If you don’t, your skin will think it needs more moisture so it will secrete more oil again.

- Go for facial masks that deep cleanses your pores and purifies your skin.

- Use oil blots to remove any excess oil anytime of the day whether you are wearing makeup or not.

Basma is Revlon's Ambassador and Makeup Artist in the Middle East and the founder of the beauty label B. beautiful. Basma is the beauty contributor to Absolute Precision.

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